Autonomous Treatment of Bacterial Infections in Vivo Using Antimicrobial Micro- and Nanomotors

Coatable and Resistance-Proof Ionic Liquid for Pathogen Eradication

(2021) Marcelo D. T. Torres et al.   ACS Nano

Synthetic Biology and Computer-Based Frameworks for Antimicrobial Peptide Discovery

(2021) Marcelo D. T. Torres et al.   ACS Nano

Gastric Acid Powered Nanomotors Release Antibiotics for In Vivo Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection

(2021) Yang Wu et al.   Small

Drug-Free Enzyme-Based Bactericidal Nanomotors against Pathogenic Bacteria

(2021) Diana Vilela et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Biomaterial-based antimicrobial therapies for the treatment of bacterial infections

(2021) Pranav P. Kalelkar et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Direct dynamic read-out of molecular chirality with autonomous enzyme-driven swimmers

(2021) Serena Arnaboldi et al.   Nature Chemistry

Photoacoustic Imaging-Trackable Magnetic Microswimmers for Pathogenic Bacterial Infection Treatment

(2020) Lisi Xie et al.   ACS Nano

A Needle‐Type Microrobot for Targeted Drug Delivery by Affixing to a Microtissue

(2020) Seungmin Lee et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

The value of antimicrobial peptides in the age of resistance

(2020) Maria Magana et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Wasp venom peptide as a new antichagasic agent

(2020) Katielle Albuquerque Freire et al.   TOXICON

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Antimicrobial Peptides to Better Predict Efficacy

(2020) Derry K. Mercer et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Ionic Species Affect the Self-Propulsion of Urease-Powered Micromotors

(2020) Xavier Arqué et al.   Research

The wasp venom antimicrobial peptide polybia‐CP and its synthetic derivatives display antiplasmodial and anticancer properties

(2020) Marcelo D. T. Torres et al.   Bioengineering & Translational Medicine

Repurposing a peptide toxin from wasp venom into antiinfectives with dual antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties

(2020) Osmar N. Silva et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Peptide Design Principles for Antimicrobial Applications

(2019) Marcelo D.T. Torres et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Enzymatic Micromotors as a Mobile Photosensitizer Platform for Highly Efficient On-Chip Targeted Antibacteria Photodynamic Therapy

(2019) Dandan Xu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Visible-Light-Driven Single-Component BiVO4 Micromotors with the Autonomous Ability for Capturing Microorganisms

(2019) Katherine Villa et al.   ACS Nano

Intrinsic enzymatic properties modulate the self-propulsion of micromotors

(2019) Xavier Arqué et al.   Nature Communications

Catalytic antimicrobial robots for biofilm eradication

(2019) Geelsu Hwang et al.   Science Robotics

Enzyme-Powered Gated Mesoporous Silica Nanomotors for On-Command Intracellular Payload Delivery

(2019) Antoni Llopis-Lorente et al.   ACS Nano

Enhanced ion tolerance of electrokinetic locomotion in polyelectrolyte-coated microswimmer

(2019) Xiaojun Zhan et al.   Nature Communications

Onion-like Multifunctional Microtrap Vehicles for Attraction-Trapping-Destruction of Biological Threats

(2019) Fernando Soto et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nano/Micromotors for Diagnosis and Therapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases

(2019) Kaisong Yuan et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Micro- and Nanomotors as Active Environmental Microcleaners and Sensors

(2018) Jemish Parmar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cooperative Multifunctional Self-Propelled Paramagnetic Microrobots with Chemical Handles for Cell Manipulation and Drug Delivery

(2018) Katherine Villa et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Fundamental Aspects of Enzyme-Powered Micro- and Nanoswimmers

(2018) Tania Patiño et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Targeting 3D Bladder Cancer Spheroids with Urease-Powered Nanomotors

(2018) Ana C. Hortelão et al.   ACS Nano

Targeting microbial biofilms: current and prospective therapeutic strategies

(2017) Hyun Koo et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activity of host defense peptides, clavanins and LL-37, in vitro : An endodontic perspective

(2017) Stella Maris F. Lima et al.   PEPTIDES

Antibiotic tolerance facilitates the evolution of resistance

(2017) Irit Levin-Reisman et al.   SCIENCE

Nano/microvehicles for efficient delivery and (bio)sensing at the cellular level

(2017) S. Campuzano et al.   Chemical Science

Micromotor-enabled active drug delivery for in vivo treatment of stomach infection

(2017) Berta Esteban-Fernández de Ávila et al.   Nature Communications

Designing Micro- and Nanoswimmers for Specific Applications

(2016) Jaideep Katuri et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Motion Control of Urea-Powered Biocompatible Hollow Microcapsules

(2016) Xing Ma et al.   ACS Nano

Enzyme Catalysis To Power Micro/Nanomachines

(2016) Xing Ma et al.   ACS Nano

AMP-guided tumour-specific nanoparticle delivery via adenosine A 1 receptor

(2016) Tongcheng Dai et al.   BIOMATERIALS

pH-Activated Nanoparticles for Controlled Topical Delivery of Farnesol To Disrupt Oral Biofilm Virulence

(2015) Benjamin Horev et al.   ACS Nano

Micro and nanomotors in diagnostics

(2015) Andrzej Chałupniak et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Fabrication of Micro/Nanoscale Motors

(2015) Hong Wang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Disassembling bacterial extracellular matrix with DNase-coated nanoparticles to enhance antibiotic delivery in biofilm infections

(2015) Aida Baelo et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Enzyme-Powered Hollow Mesoporous Janus Nanomotors

(2015) Xing Ma et al.   NANO LETTERS

Lipid and polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery to bacterial biofilms

(2014) Katrien Forier et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Bacterial biofilm development as a multicellular adaptation: antibiotic resistance and new therapeutic strategies

(2013) César de la Fuente-Núñez et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 Alters Human Osteoblast Ca2+Handling and Induces Ca2+-Independent Apoptosis

(2013) Johanna Säll et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Antibiotic resistance—the need for global solutions

(2013) Ramanan Laxminarayan et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Bacteria–surface interactions

(2013) Hannah H. Tuson et al.   Soft Matter

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Biocompatibility and Drug Delivery

(2012) Fangqiong Tang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Acoustic Droplet Vaporization and Propulsion of Perfluorocarbon-Loaded Microbullets for Targeted Tissue Penetration and Deformation

(2012) Daniel Kagan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles in biomedical applications

(2012) Zongxi Li et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Importance of Particle Tracking and Calculating the Mean-Squared Displacement in Distinguishing Nanopropulsion from Other Processes

(2012) Gary Dunderdale et al.   LANGMUIR

Facile and Scalable Synthesis of Monodispersed Spherical Capsules with a Mesoporous Shell

(2010) Genggeng Qi et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Waves of resistance: Staphylococcus aureus in the antibiotic era

(2009) Henry F. Chambers et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Medical biofilms

(2008) James D. Bryers   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Size-controlled synthesis of monodispersed mesoporous silica nano-spheres under a neutral condition

(2008) Qianjun He et al.   MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS

In vitro and In vivo Wound Healing-Promoting Activities of Human Cathelicidin LL-37

(2007) Marta Carretero et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY